Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak by Albert Bierstadt, 1863 bruges Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve (California/Nevada)

Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve (California/Nevada)

and philosophical mottos intermingle in harmonious celebration

along with the Yucatan Peninsula and the enigmatic Bermuda Triangle

as are the verdant stretches of Franklin Park and the Arnold Arboretum in the south

Pomi’s legacy endures in designs like this

Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak by Albert Bierstadt, 1863 bruges Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve (California/Nevada)Albert Bierstadts Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak (1863) is a tourdeforce of nineteenthcentury American landscape painting. Working in luminous oil on linen, Bierstadt translates the high drama of the Wind River Range into a sweeping vision of the sublime: a serrated summit crowned with radiant cloudbreak, a crystalline lake and waterfall, and a tranquil valley dotted with a Native encampment. Rooted in the ideals of the Hudson River School, the